Davidson and Farrier Family Histories

This is a site for us to upload family histories and pictures of our Davidson and Farrier family ancestors. I have not written most of the histories, although I have put together the timelines. The histories have been gathered from various sources, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of their information.

If you recognize any of these people and have information to add or correct, please post a comment, including your email address if you wish, so we can be in touch. I would love to connect with other descendants of these family members.

1910 April 21
Age 32
Living in New Bedford, Bristol County, Massachusetts with wife “Nettie” and children Josephine (age 6) and Joseph (age 2). Working as a weaver in a cotton mill. [9]

1912
Age 35
Becomes a naturalized citizen. [10]

1920 January 5
Age 42
Living in Chatham Township, Morris, New Jersey with wife Antonia and children Josephine K. (age 16) and Joseph (age 13), working as a weaver at a silk mill. [9]

1930 April 22
Age 52
Living in Union Township, Union, New Jersey, a widower boarding with the Edward Skagel family, still working as a weaver at a silk mill. [11]

1940 April 15
Age 62
Living in Irvington, Essex, New Jersey with daughter Josephine and son-in-law Frank Hiebel, and granddaughters Joan (age 8) and Audrey (age 3), and Frank’s mother Rosalie. [12]

Age 67

Age 85

1966
July 7

Age
88

Dies
at Irvington, Essex, New Jersey,
of congestive heart failure and myodarditis.
Buried 11 July 1966 at Fair-MountCemetery in Chatham. [1, 3]

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Joseph “Grandpa” Vohnoutka, born in Czechoslovakia, came to the U.S. when he was just 3 years old, but to the day he died he sounded as if he just got off the boat.

A silk weaver by trade, he had the most beautiful hands for a man. He refused to do anything that would injure the skin on his hands or fingers--even after the silk mill closed. (It never reopened, but he claimed he needed to keep his hands nice just in case it did.) Grandpa enjoyed reading cowboy-and-Indian stories, and when we got our first TV set (when I was 13) Grandpa would have the TV on with a cowboy movie and be reading at the same time. Grandpa taught me how to roll his cigarettes, sharpen his razor on a leather strap, and say a few swear words in Czech. I got into BIG trouble when I proudly said them to Daddy.